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Los Angeles TimesMay 30, 2008CA Attorney General Jerry Brown’s office wrote the CA Supreme Court to advise the court to ignore conservative legal groups who asked last week that the landmark May 15 ruling upholding the freedom to marry be reheard or stayed until after the Nov. 4 election noting, “This historic litigation is now concluded.” (Link)

New York TimesMay 30, 2008Legal challenges to Gov. David A. Paterson’s directive to honor marriages of same-sex couples from other jurisdictions are likely to face an uphill fight, legal experts said, because the law has existed in NY for a long time and was already reaffirmed by various courts in the state. (Link)

New York TimesMay 30, 2008The NYT editorial board opines New Yorkers should be proud of Gov. Paterson’s support of the freedom to marry and calls for the legislature to take action in order to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from being married in New York, rather than just being able to honor their marriages from out of state. (Link)

Huffington PostMay 30, 2008Evan Wolfson highlights the Macy’s ad in honor of the freedom to marry in California, the significance of a poll showing majority support for equality and against a discriminatory amendment in California, and a video of Bill O’Reilly’s skepticism about the opposition to marriage equality. (Link)

Bay WindowsMay 29, 2008This month’s marriage decision in California was a watershed moment in the fight for marriage equality, and LGBT advocates are working to ensure that members of the community do not jeopardize that win with ill-timed lawsuits. (Link)

Los Angeles TimesMay 30, 2008"As other businesses follow the lead of Macy's and acknowledge that marriage... is not just good politics but also good commerce, the battle will be over. Equality has a way of winning." (Link)

The AtlanticMay 28, 2008The ideal libertarian solution would be to have the government get out of the 'marriage' business altogether; to have government enforce civil contracts, and to have religions perform their religious ceremonies, if and how they choose to do so. (Link)